Winding machine



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MW X 1 19770802 YSY F. WEISS WINDING MACHINE June 6, 1950 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 10, 1948 Ev/974M F. WEISS WINDING MACHINE June 6, 1950 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed April 10, 1948 June 6, 1950 F. WEISS WINDING MACHINE Filed April 10, 1948 I FINISHED ROLL- INDEXED FROM STATION A TO STATION B MA NDREL AT STAT ION A IS CLOSE D A ND WINDING AT STRIPS ARE CUT STATION A FOIL SUPPLY ROLLS STOPS MOVEMENT FOIL SUPPLY ROLLS CONTINUE MOVEMENT TOWARD MANDREL IFOIL SUPPLY ROLLS MOVE TOWARD MANDREL MA NDREL FOIL SUPPLY ROLLS MOVE AWAY FROM To NO RMAL POSITION 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 WINDING AT STATION A FOIL IS STOPPED IS CUT AND INDEXING BEGINS AND BACK NORMAL POSITION OF FOIL SUPPLY ROLL 1N1 'ENTOR. [22a News Patented June 6, 1950 omreo STATES TENT 2,510,725: I

I WINDINGMACHINE Felix Weiss, Brookline, Mass, assignor "to? CorinelI-j-Di'lbilier Electric Corporzttjimn, So'ilthllfiih field, N. 1., a corporation of Delaware Application April. 10, 1948; Meet ngs:

mandrel-type which are designed to quickly' pro duce large quantities of. such capacitorrolls. Good examples of such machines are described in United States Patent No. 2,333,570 and. No. 2,384,983. Duringthe operation of such ma chinesa Winding mandrel is" attached. to the end of spooled supplies ofinsulating strips, such as paper, and ofmetal1icfoilstripsr The strips are interleaved in desiredrelationship,. and means are provided tomaintainat least a slight tension on the strips duringthe-Winding operation so. that as the strippasses from the supply spool to the mandrel, it will remain: straightand flat; Near the end of suchawinding-operation theelements of the-machine'eperate to-first cut the foil strips, to-then providea space between the cut foil ends, and to, thereafter, cutthe paper strips in the space between the separated foil ends. These sequential operations demand a positive, yet careful, handling of; the very thin foil strips since it i-s-5h-ighly "desirahlethat the foil he not wrinkled, c 'ushedorptherwise distorteddurling. the feeding and'winding-operations; It is likewise important to-.-theproduct ion of aseries ofl rolls ofsuhstan tia-llyidentical; electrical charactristics that the ain'ounter length of foil stripiutlandwound into eaclrroll-he substantially thatwhi'ch is cut and wcnnd int a; succeedingfor precedihg'roll. 'It is also de sirahlelthat 'e'achZfbiI strip'b'e' soi positioned \vith -respect to the somewhat'lbfiger strips, 0! paper with whichitisint'erleaved during Winding vass-to insure that the i bil st'rip ends are amply overlapped hy the-paper stri'p'ends The general oltzjects of this invention includelthe provision of means which wilif ins'ure. thatthe' 011 A strips. are smoothly f ecl to the-Winding; and. cutting operationsandare fed-atTs'uch ratethati each foil strip cut during fleachasucceeding" winding; operation is siihstantiall y identical ihIln'gthL The-principles ofl t irtwenti'on.and a preferred embodiment thereoare descrihedhereinwith reference to mum-manarnmaehme of. the type described in the aforesaid Pat" "tNo. 2,384,983. Therefore, the machinefshown .i'nithei drawings is r as to thehasic-gipfiti Fig. 3 includes 21 shown onlyto th' tent'nec present invention -and theconnection with-such amt specificiinecl'ianical construction on many parts ofthe miabhme. will be-found. in the aforesaidrpatfit; Inthe ate tacheddraW-ingsr Figs. 1 and are:epratiendieidi ggammus;

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Fig-31s a-tl ont levati machine speciffi p bodiment of} the invention Jenn; sucfipa'rts'jof the machine bingl sfidtv'nl'as aiiTiicesseIry' to the followingdescription; v Fig.- isa-veriti Ls'ec'tidno i. Fig. Elisa vert carsecnmnr in 'SiofFig. 3; Fig 6 is a detail'of the c'afiJBB h vn in Fig. 3; ig. 7 isan edgeview of -the'caih'illustrated in Fig.6.; V

V "Fig." 8 1s dtail' of a; 011 Strip feel" and sup porting army .i I 1.. Fig. 9 is a-veitioal sectiofi taken hrnu'gh cutter box 8 10f Fig..-3T';

Fi 10.is an .'e1vation sectioncr afportion of the drivinginiechanism" of the fifachine'; L and Fig-.1 11' is a chartshowing fthe.'reIative timing of operations conducted 1 inthe" "machine illustrailed in Figs. 3 150 IOLf-ihfihiSiViv To simplify the description-of the'ma'chihe i1- lustrated in the drswingsrand to specifically bring into focus. the paritidula'if'partsof those, operations of the machine to the present; in-

t panel, ID on which are rctetabiymoufi 'r supply jr'eelsflfi', l6, l1 and I8 and fbil' 11125 reels" These reels are arrangedm lich? spatial' re at'io'nship that stripsdel'i v'fr dl'i'hffibm oveffand funder guide pins-69 and-.1111. throng-n 611111161 box 84' and ento a'mandrel such. as (60'1'1 man e1 turret 45,

may be interleav'desdesired; Usually, as shown, the foil strips areipositionedbetw'e'nfthe' insulation strips. .Tneentirestrip advancing? force which. isv used. to urge the strips off" the supply reels through cutter x84 and iri'ttithe'v form of a wound condenser 1 011511 the w ng mandrel is furnishedlthrough riding rotation ofthe su'pply 01s of this force'li's slig my retarded, as hereinafter more specifically' de ribedj-iso lthat'tho'se'reels do Ino't overrun ann sb that the strips: between the t rther details" mandrel and the reels will remain reasonably taut with no slack or wrinkling. Each winding mandrel 46, ll, 48 and 43 is composed of two parts (as specifically described in Patent No. 2,384,983) The strips are grasped between these two parts of the mandrel when the mandrel is at winding station A, and thereafter winding begins. Near the end of the winding operation foil cutters in cutter box 84 operate to sever the foil strips, and winding then continues for a short space until the severed ends of the foil attached to the mandrel have been drawn apart from the severed ends of the foil from the foil supply reels. The winding action at station A then stops and through motion of indexing shaft 44 turret 45 is indexed to 90 moving the wound mandrel to station B. During this indexing operation the one-part mandrel at station D is indexed to station A where.

the other part of the mandrel is provided. The parts of the mandrel at station A are closed on the paper strips which now extend from cutter box 8 5 to the mandrel at station B (see Fig. 2). Immediately thereafter the paper cutting mechanism, composed of knife 88 and pins 89, is operated, the pins 89 first impaling the paper strips and the knife 88 following to sever the paper strips. The winding operation is then again repeated at station A while at station B the wound capacitor roll is rotated against pasting roller I25 to roll up and paste the loose end or flag of the capacitor roll. At the end of each successive winding operation the turret mandrel 45 indexes so that a wound capacitor roll is brought to station B for pasting operations, then to station C where one-half of the mandrel is withdrawn to disengage the mandrel from the wound strips and then to station D where the finished roll is swept off the part mandrel leaving that part mandrel free to be advanced on the next indexing of the turret to winding station A.

In general aspect, the operation just described is the operation of the previously described multimandrel winding machines except in threeimportant particulars. First, it will be noted that in the operation just described the only advancing force applied to the strips is the direct pull of the mandrel. Second, it will he noted that at the beginning of the winding operation the end of the foil is not engaged in the mandrel. Third, it will be noted that the end of the foil strip supply is advanced to the mandrel solely by frictional engagement of foil strip surfaces with the adjacent and overlying surfaces of the insulating strips which are attached to the mandrel and with which the foil strips are interleaved. Thus throughout the operation of the machine of this invention the foil strips are never sharply bent, nor is any positive force supplied to the surface of any strip such as would cause distortion or wrinkling thereof. It will thus be seen that the improvements to which this invention relates are directed to the handling of the foil strips from the supply reels to the winding station and that the ancillary operations at stations B, C and D remain unmodified.

Referring now to the illustrated mechanism, in the light of the above general description, the insulation, usually paper, feed circuit is as above described, the paper supply reels l5, it, if and i8 being rotatably momited on panel If) on fixed pins or axles Ii, l2, l3 and M, respectively. Compression spider springs i3, 20, 2! and 22, respectively, located between these reels and the respective collars 23, 2d, 25 and 26 furnish a moderate restraint against free rotation of the reels and therefore subject the paper strips 21, 28, 29 and 30 to a somewhat constant tension throughout the operation of the machine.

In accordance with this invention the foil supply reels, such as 33 and 40, are mounted in such manner as to be displacealble in space, during a portion of the complete roll forming cycle of the machine, from a normal feeding position to a position in the direction of travel of the foil strips 35 and 32 and toward the winding mandrel and then back again to normal position. In the illustrated embodiment of a device permitting of such movement the supply reel 33 of foil strip 3! is rotatably mounted on a pin 34 which extends from an arm 35 (Figs. 4, 5 and 8). Am 35 is mounted to oscillate about a pin 36 which extends from the front panel ill so that the reel 33 may be rocked about pin 36 at its center periodically during the operation of the machine. Restraint is afforded to the free rotation of the foil reel 33 on the pin 3 2, by a spring 31 which is tensioned between an adjustably positionable collar 38 and the reel. ,The other side of the reel bears against a collar 39 which is staked to pin 34. The foil supply reel 49 is similarly mounted on a pin 41 which is carried by an arm 42 which is supported by a pin 43 so as to enable the arm and reel 46 to be rocked about the axis of pin 43 as a center.

The rocking of thefoil supply reels 33 and All from their normal feeding position, as shown in full line in Fig. 3, to, their forward, or foil slackening position, as shown in dotted line in Fig. 3, is controlled by the action of a cam 58, which cam is fixed on rotatable shaft 51 (Figs. 3, 6 and 7). This cam is provided with a cam groove 59, and arm 52, mounted on panel ID for movement on fixed pivot pin 60, is provided with a roller 6| fixed to said arm and positioned within cam groove 59. The cam groove is so designed as to oscillate the arm 52 each time the cam is rotated one revolution. When the cam is at rest, arm 52 is held in the position illustrated in Fig. 3 with the foil reels in their most rearward position with respect to the indexing shaft.

The upper end of arm 52 is pivotally connected with the link 63 which is pivotally connected at its other end to arm 35 upon which the foil supply reel 33 is mounted. Arm 42, upon which the foil supply reel 49 is mounted, is connected to arm 52 by a link 64. V v

The cam 58 is driven at such speed and time as to relate the movement of the foil reels directly to the indexing of the winding mandrel from station A to station B and the beginning of the winding operations, because it is at these points that the movement of the cut foil supply ends out of the cutter box =84 and toward the winding station A is critical. To achieve such sequential movement, the cam shaft 51 is preferably driven in a one-to-one ratio with the indexing shaft 44, the rotation of which latter indexes mandrel turret 45. Such relationship of these driven parts may be achieved in various ways, an example being shown in Fig. 10. Since the mechanism of Fig. 10 is identical in essential operation to a portion of the driving mechanism of the machine shown in the aforesaid United States Patent No. 2,384,983, only so much thereof will be described as will illustrate the principle involved. Referring to Fig. 10, a power driven shaft I00 is provided with a worm I!!! which drives a worm wheel 5G2 which is loosely rotatable on a shaft I03. Fastened on shaft I03 is a gear I04. Worm wheel H12 and gear I04 are provided with clutch parts (not completely shown) which are engaged, thereage-times by driving: shaft N13,; when solenoid plunger 06 is withdrawn upwardly-byithe energizingof sole:- noid. I05. (at the. end of a: winding operation; at station Al, and the clutch. parts are disengaged when shaft I03 has completed one full revolution. Fixed onshafti I113 is a Geneva arm I01 having a pin its adapted to engage with the'radially extending slots 109 of at Geneva plate H0 which is fi xed' on the indexing shaft 44 which carries the mandrelturret '45 (see Fig. 3) Also mounted and fixed to shaft I03 is a sprocket wheel III which drives aisp'rocketwheel I I2, fixed to shaft 51 by'cha'in 1 I13, the gear ratio being one-to-one so that there is: one revolution ofshaft '51 for everyrevolutionlof shaftt I03. Fastened on shaft 51' is an eccentric H4on1which. rides a roller =l1|5 journaled on the endsof a=be1lcrank arm H6, which arm is so relatedito a clutch (not shown) at winding station A that movement of said bell crank arm will start the winding operation. The

action of'the cam, and consequently the move ment of the foil reels, may be directly related to the action of the other elements which are actuated during the complete revolution of shaft H 3; Shaft I03 begins its revolution at the end of the winding operation which takes place ats'tation A andendsits single revolution sometime after thebegihning of the next succeeding winding'operation at station-A but before the foil strip cutting operation has taken place in cutter box 83 (all as more specifically described in the aforesaid Patent No. 2,384,983).

Referring now to the mechanism of the foil cutter'box 8'4 and'the position of. the stripspassing therethrough, this box contains (seeFig. 9) transversepins 12d at'its front, or strip entering, end and transverse pins? I21 at its rear, or strip exit, end. Between'thcsefixe'd pins I20 and I2! are strip guides I22. The pairs of transverse pins I26 exert a lightpressure on the strips which are threaded therethrough, the pressure being suflicient to maintain at least portions of adjacent surfaces of the strips in frictional engagement with each other. The guides I22 are so shaped as to serve" to by-pass thepaper strips passing through box 85" around. the action of two foil knives i231 and to guide the foil strips 3t and 32 directly through the cutting arc of these foil knives. It will now be noted that whenknives 1-23 are rotated'through their cutting arc to sever the foil strips 31 and 32,,the severed foil portionwhich is attached to the mandrel will-thereafter continue to advance, whereas the severed foil portion which is attached to the supplyreels 33 and 3 3 will only advance if the'friction between the surfaces of the foil-strips and the surfaces of the paper strips passing between the transverse.- pins l-Zdis sufficient-to overcome the backward pull exerted on the foil strips by the inertia of the-foil reels 33'and 46. It will be evident that the reels and sllwill cease rotation at the moment that foil knives [23? sever the foil strips 3-! and 32. Therefore; until the inertia of foil reels 33 and 4B isovercome; i. e:,- so long as foil reels 33 and 49 are in'normalfeeding position, thespace between the severed foilends will be enlarged by the-jconslackenin g may becaay the Winding "tinnetr wihding action: of the winding; mandrel at station A. a

Whena multismandrelwinding machineiis first putint'o operation the supply reels for bothpaper and foil are placed upon their axles and the ing thereacross; followed by'the severing: of the paper stripsby-thelinife 88;and;, as a third step; a full winding operation at station A, the foil knives in cutter box 84 being actuated near the end said windingcperation to' sever the foil sta e The'cyole is then completed and is repeated-any number oftimes;

' In the-"preferred embodiment of myinvention, as described hereine the cam-groove 59' isso shaped (see Figi arena the cam so positioned on shaft 51 that during the cy'c'le just described-the movement-of 'position of the foil reels 3'3 and fill will be as indicated on the middle-portion of the chart of Fig. 11. As there shown, the' fo'ilreels-will -advance to provide slack foil asthe' indexing oi'the Wound roll from station A to station 13* takesplace. Advance of the foil reels will b e" halted -during the time the new mandrelat station 'Ais closed and v the paper strips are out; The advance-of the foil reels will thereafter continue inthe e early part of the windingoperation ta provide further foil slack until-the surfacecontact of? the paper strips and the foil" strip s 'will have advanced the ends of the foil to the mandrel; and thereafter as the 'foil and. paper strips-are Wound together around 'the' mandrel, preferably a full turn or more,

the foil reelswill" be returned to their normal feeding position, thus {culling the foil strips tight and providing tension therein. Thus the foil reels 33 and ddwill'be at their normal position when foil knives I23 operate in cutter box 8 3' to again cut the fail, at which time the foil r'e'els 33'" and 40"; restrained against rotation'by spring 31, will exert sufficient force to hold. the cut end of the foil supply against ad;- vancement-when the vwind-ing mandrel, completing" the-operation at winding station A, opens up; the space betweenthe cut foilends to the desired: extent. It will be apparent that foil actionof the-mandrel hasproduced as many convolutions of paper on the mandrel; as may be desired.

It-wi11; be'apparent that the actuating means by which the'foil reels-aremoved toward and away from; the mandrel may take any convenient form and need not take the specific and preferred form just described Various arrangements of mechanically cooperating parts may be effective to move the foil reels to provide slack, or non-tensioned foil, at predetermined intervals. Furthermore, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the principles herein described may be applied to various" form's of machines adapted to the winding of electrical capacitor rolls.

Referring again to Fig. 11, the foil reel moving means may also be so adjusted as to continuously move the foil reels to provide slack over the entire portion of the cycle where slack foil is desirable. Such a result is shown in the lower. portion of Fig. 11 where the foil reels are advanced continuously throughout that part of the cycle in which slack foil is needed. In another modification the foilreels may be advanced sharply at the beginning of the period in which fail slack is required to immediately provide all of the necessary slack and then may be held in that position until application of tension to the foil strips is desirable, at which time the reels will start their return to the normal feeding position. Such modifications as these may be selected according to the particular structure of the winding machine, the particular mode of operation thereof, and the pleasure of the operator.

The principle of displacing the foil reels forward during an operating cycle of a capacitor roll winding machine may be employed under any circumstance Where the furnishing of slack foil, or relief from foil tension caused by the inertia of the foil supply reel, may be desirable. For instance, the machine of United States Patent No. 2,384,983 provides separate strip advancing means which operate on the strips at a point between the strip supply rolls and the mandrel to furnish slack in all of the strips at described stages of the machines operation. While, as above stated, I desire to eliminate such positive strip advancing means because of the propensity of the same to injure very thin paper or foil strips such as are of the order of .0001" in thickness, nonetheless when such means are employed, the broad principles of this invention may be used in connection therewith to furnish slack foil between the point of foil supply and the positive strip advancing means.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a strip winding machine including a Winding mandrel, means for operating said mandrel, sources of insulating strips positioned to furnish insulating strip to said mandrel and at least one rotatably mounted reel adapted to contain and furnish metallic foil strip to said mandrel in interleaved relation with said insulating strips, a movable mounting for said foil reel and means for movingsaid mounting toward and away from said mandrel during selected stages of the operation of said machine.

2. In a strip winding machine including a winding mandrel, means for operating said mandrel, sources of insulating strips positioned to furnish insulating strip to said mandrel and at least one rotatably mounted reel adapted to contain and furnish metallic foil,,S1 J-?ill .1to,;:said mandrel in interleaved relation-with said insulating strips, a'movable mounting for said foil reel and means for moving said mounting toward and away from said mandrel during selected stages of the operation of said mandrel.

3. In a winding machine, a mandrel support, a rotatable mandrel mounted on said support, an indexing shaft for rotating said support to Vance said mandrel a predetermined distance, a rotatably mounted reel for supplying an insulating strip to said mandrel, a rotatably mounted reel for supplying a conducting strip to said mandrel, means supporting said conducting strip reel for enabling its movement towards and from said mandrel support, and means operable to move said supporting means to produce slack in the conducting strip ."during the advance of said mandrel.

4. 'In a windingmachine, a mandrel support, a rotatable mandrel mounted on said support, an indexing shaft for. rotating said support to ad- Vance said mandrel a predetermined distance, rotatably mounted reels for supplying insulating strips to said mandrel, at least one rotatably mounted reel for supplying foil to said mandrel, means including a pivoted arm supporting said foil supply reel for enabling movement of the foil supply reel towards and from said mandrel support, and means. for oscillating said pivoted arm to. change. the position of the foil reel relative to the position of said mandrel during the rotation of said support. Y

5. In a' strip winding machine, a winding mandrel, means to operate'said mandrel at predeter mined intervals, rotatably mounted'supply reels for furnishing insulating strips and metallic foil strips in interleaved relation to said mandrel, means for cutting said foil strips positioned intermediate said foil supply reels and said mandrel, means for operating said cutting means, movable mountings for said foil supply reels, means connected to said movable mounting and operable 'toinormally maintain said foil reels in normal foil feeding position, to advance said foil reels from said normal position toward said mandrel and to thereafter; return said foil reels to said normal position, and timing means adapted to actuate the mandrel'operating means, the foil cutting operating means and the means connected to said movable foil reel mounting.

6. In a strip winding machine, in combination,

- a winding mandrel, means for operating said mandrel, rotatably mounted supply reels for furnishing insulating strips and metallic foil strips in interleaved relation to said mandrel, foil strip cutters positioned intermediate said mandrel and the foil supply reels, means for operating said cutters, movable mounting for said foil supply reels, means connected to said movable mounting and operable to position said foil reels in a normal foil feeding position, to advance said foil reels toward said, mandrel and to return said foil reels to said normal foil feeding position, and timing means adapted to actuate the mandrel operating means, the foil cutter operating means and the said means connected to the movable foil mounting in predetermined relationship.

7. In a strip winding machine, in combination, a winding mandrel, means for operating said mandrel, rotatably mounted supply reels for furnishing insulating strips and metallic foil strips in interleaved relation to said mandrel, foil strip cutters positioned intermediatel-saidmandrel and .the.,.-.foilcsupply*reelsrmeans 'for operating said cutters, movable mounting for said foil supply reels, means connected to said movable mounting and operable to position said foil reels in a normal foil feeding position, to advance said foil reels toward said mandrel and to return said foil reels to said normal foil feeding position, and timing means adapted to actuate the mandrel operating means, the foil cutter operating means and the said means connected to the movable foil mounting in predetermined relationship whereby the said foil supply reels are advanced toward the mandrel during an'initial portion of mandrel operation and returned to normal foil feeding position prior to the operation of said foil cutters.

8. In a machine for winding a succession of capacitor rolls, a rotatable mandrel support, a plurality of rotatable mandrels mounted on said support, a mandrel drive, means for indexing said support to move successive mandrels into engage ment with said drive, a plurality of rotatable reels for supplying insulating strips and for supplying metallic foil strip to a mandrel, said reels being positioned to supply said strips in interleaved relation, foil strip cutters positioned intermediate said reels and said mandrel support, means positioned intermediate said cutters and said reels to maintain the surfaces of the interleaved strips in frictional engagement, timed operating means adapted to index a mandrel into driving position, to begin the winding action of said mandrel, to operate said cutters, and to stop the winding operation of the mandrel in the sequence indicated, movable mounting for said foil supply reels, means for moving said mounting toward and away from said mandrel, said means being so related to said timed operating means that said foil supply reels are moved toward said mandrel as the mandrel is indexed to driving position and is moved away from said mandrel after the beginning of the winding action and before the operation of said cutters.

10 9. In a winding machine of the type which includes a mandrel, means for operating said man- 'drel, a plurality of supply reels of insulating strip and of metallic foil strip rotatably mounted and positioned to deliver under the winding action "of said mandrel insulating strips and foil strips in interleaved relation, cutters disposed intermediate said mandrel and said reels and operable to a position toward said mandrel and back to said normal position at predetermined times with relation to the winding action of said mandrel and the operation of said cutters.

FELIX WEISS.

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